From Steve Floor

South Bend Tribune

04/22/1982

LAWRENCE V. BEEBE

06/16/1936  -  04/20/1982

"Colorado Crash Claims Life of L.V.Beebe"

    LAWRENCE V. BEEBE, 45, of Farmington, N.M., formerly of SOuth Bend, died Wednesday in Silverton, Colo., when the car he was driving went over a 500-foot cliff on the Molas Pass, four miles south of Silverton, Colo., about 100 miles from Farmington.

    Colorado State said the accident remains under investigation.  Authorities said BEEBE was alone in the car when the accident occurred about noon Wednesday.

    An autopsy to determine the exact cause of BEEBE's death was being performed today.

    BEEBE was employed with Interstate Brands Bakery as a sales manager.

    He was born June 16, 1936 in Plymouth and lived in the South Bend area for many years.  On June 23, 1962, in Colorado he married HAZEL PEDEN, who survives with a daughter, VIVIAN of New Mexico; a son, LAWRENCE VIVIAN BEEBE, JR. at home; five sister, Mrs. JOHN (MILDRED) BYBEE, Mrs. PAUL (BARBARA) MARVIN , Mrs. ORVILLE (PATRICIA) WOODCOX, all of South Bend and Mrs. KENNETH (MARGERY) CARTER, of Missouri, and Mrs. RAY (LAURA) DENNIS, of Colorado; and his mother, Mrs. EUGENIA GWILT of Dowagiac.

A sister preceded him in death.

    Services will be Saturday in the Hood Funeral Home in Durango, Colo. Graveside service is scheduled at Greenmount Cemetery, Durango at 3 p.m. Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund.